Denmark-Gluckstadt 1673 4 mark Dav-3678
This specimen was lot 4370 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €240 (about US$314 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, KÖNIGLICH DÄNISCHER ANTEIL. Christian V. 1670-1699. 4 Mark (Krone) 1673, Glückstadt. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, royal Danish line, four mark or krone of 1673, Glückstadt mint. Very fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 38075 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[2] noted, "DENMARK. Gluckstadt. Krone (4 Krone), 1673. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-55." Gluckstadt, a town on the Elbe downstream of the city of Hamburg, was founded in 1617 by the kings of Denmark and later made the capital of the duchy of Holstein, which they ruled. This four mark Danske was struck 1671-82.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.671 fine silver, the first specimen 21.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 63, Dav-3678; Hede 121; Lange -.
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- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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